New Releases by Nancy Kress

“Nancy Kress at her very best!” First in the hard science fiction trilogy based on the Nebula Award–winning novella Yesterday’s Kin (Greg Bear, New York Times–bestselling author). Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List The aliens have arrived . . . they’ve landed their Embassy ship on a platform in New York Harbor, and will only speak with the United Nations. They say that their world is so different from Earth, in terms of gravity and atmosphere, that they cannot leave their ship. The population of Earth has erupted in fear and speculation. One day Dr. Marianne Jenner, an obscure scientist working with the human genome, receives an invitation that she cannot refuse. The Secret Service arrives at her college to escort her to New York, for she has been invited, along with the Secretary General of the UN and a few other ambassadors, to visit the alien Embassy. The truth is about to be revealed. Earth’s most elite scientists have ten months to prevent a disaster—and not everyone is willing to wait. “Sparely constructed and cleverly resolved, [it] provides everything readers need for an immersive plunge into a frightening, fascinating, and inescapable predicament.” —The Seattle Times “Kress mixes contemporary issues of isolationism and refugee status with classic SF first-contact tropes, threaded neatly with solid scientific theory and speculation.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Most inviting introduction to science fiction for new readers.” —Chicago Tribune

Año 2019. Los Insomnes, una nueva especie fruto de la ingeniería genética, se disponen a dominar el mundo. Los Insomnes no duermen, nunca caen enfermos y son más longevos. En el otro extremo, los Durmientes –los nuevos mendigos– recelan de los Insomnes, pues dependen de éstos para su propia supervivencia. En semejante contexto, tres personajes de diferente condición observan un conflicto que se intuye inminente e inevitable.

Debido a la omnipresente energía y a las modificaciones genéticas, la sociedad se ha escindido en ociosos «vividores» y ricos «auxiliares». Los Insomnes y sus superdotados descendientes, los Superinsomnes, ofrecen las Jeringas del Cambio, que confieren inmunidad ante las enfermedades. Cuando se interrumpa el suministro de j eringas, los recién nacidos sufrirán todo tipo de dolencias. Una madre tratará de cambiar la situación.

En una sociedad futura el progreso de la genética permite la aparición de los Insomnes, estirpe que dispone de mayor poder gracias a su capacidad para permanecer activa durante más horas. El mundo se divide en ociosos Vividores, atendidos por los Auxiliares, e Insomnes, con sus superdotados descendientes, los Superinsomnes. Dos Vividores y un Auxiliar exponen su particular punto de vista sobre este modelo.

Henry Erdmann est un physicien de haut vol, l’un des pères de l’Opération Ivy et de la puissance nucléaire américaine. Était, plutôt, car aujourd’hui, vieux et perclus, Henry Erdmann n’est que le triste reflet de celui qu’il fut, quand bien même il continue de donner quelques cours à l’université pour des étudiants qu’il ne comprend plus depuis bien longtemps... Aussi, lorsque...

The Future Is Ourselves The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Whether it’s climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into cyberspace, our minds and bodies are going to have to drastically alter. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series, featuring stories by Madeline Ashby, John Barnes, James S.A. Corey, Gregory Benford, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Simon Ings, Kameron Hurley, Nancy Kress, Gwyneth Jones, Yoon Ha Lee, Bruce Sterling, Sean Williams, Aliette de Bodard, Ramez Naam, An Owomoyela and Ian McDonald.

The Universe keeps getting bigger! The adventure continues in this second collection of science fiction short stories for middle grade readers. From a future that could be right around the corner, to cultures that stretch what it means to be human, the common thread of our stories are the girls and boys who take action, solve problems, and become the leaders of tomorrow. Welcome Young Explorers!

Nancy Kress, winner of multiple awards for her science fiction and fantasy, ranges through space and time in this stunning collection. Anne Boleyn is snatched from her time stream--with unexpected consequences for two worlds. A far-future spaceship brings religion to a planet that already harbors shocking natives. People genetically engineered to never need to sleep clash with those who do. A scientific expedition to the center of the galaxy discovers more than anyone bargained for. A woman finds that ''''people like us'''' does not mean what she thinks it does. Praised for both her hard SF and her complex characters, Nancy Kress brings a unique viewpoint to twenty-one stories, the best of a long and varied career that has won her five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Table of Contents: Introduction And Wild For to Hold Out of All Them Bright Stars Pathways Dancing on Air Unto the Daughters Laws of Survival Someone To Watch Over Me Flowers of Aulit Prison Price of Oranges By Fools Like Me Casey''s Empire Shiva in Shadow Grant Us This Day Kindness of Strangers End Game My Mother, Dancing Trinity People Like Us Evolution Margin of Error Beggars in Spain

Fantascienza - racconto (16 pagine) - Nessuno sa perché, ma i rospi stanno scomparendo, in tutto il mondo. Eppure ciò che stava accadendo alle rane attorno alla casa di Hannah aveva dell''incredibile La popolazione mondiale dei rospi e delle rane ha iniziato a declinare più di trent’anni fa. Tra le prime vittime c’è stato il rospo dorato del Costa Rica, scomparso improvvisamente e totalmente: l’intera specie svanita nel nulla. Il ritmo di estinzione degli anfibi è duecentoundici volte più veloce di quello di qualunque altra creatura. In parte è colpa dell’inquinamento e dello sviluppo urbanistico, ma le rane stanno scomparendo anche da ambienti non contaminati da inquinamento o antropizzazione, e stanno sviluppando strane malattie che la scienza non è in grado di spiegare. Nessuno sa perché. Suo marito era un poliziotto, ma oltre ai soliti hobby del football, della birra e della caccia aveva quello delle rane. Così quando morì lei continuò la sua attività di osservazione delle rane, compilando la scheda settimanale da inviare a Frogwatch. Fu per questo motivo che solo lei si rese conto che quello che stava accadendo alle rane della sua contea aveva qualcosa di strano. Qualcosa di mai osservato in un nessuna parte del mondo. Nancy Kress è nata nel 1948 a Buffalo (New York). Risiede a Seattle, nello stato di Washington, cercando di conciliare le sue molteplici attività: scrittrice di fantascienza, responsabile di corsi di letteratura e scrittura creativa. Ha cominciato a scrivere e pubblicare fantascienza e fantasy verso la metà degli anni ’70, e i suoi racconti, eleganti e incisivi, sono stati ospitati dalle riviste Omni, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine e Fantasy & Science Fiction. Nel 2008/2009 è stata professore ospite di letteratura all’Università di Lipsia in Germania. Nella sua carriera ha vinto quattro Premi Nebula e due Premi Hugo oltre a numerosi altri riconoscimenti che l’hanno consacrata come una delle voci più significative della narrativa di fantascienza contemporanea.

Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of story-telling. In “Earth I,” by Stephen Baxter, asearch among the stars to ferret out the origins of mankind amidst the Xaian normalization digs up many surprises. In “Success,” by Michael Blumlein, a brilliant but erratic biologist studying epigenetics struggles to hang on to his grip on everyday life as he writes his ground-breaking tome. In “Feral Moon,” by Alexander Jablokov, the Alliance military is invading Phobos to retrieve dead bodies for later repatriation, but the stiff resistance is putting the operation in serious doubt. In “The Weight of the Sunrise,” by Vylar Kaftan, winner of both the Nebula Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, the Incan empire is offered a vaccine, to contain a smallpox out-break, by a Virginian raising funds for the American war against the British. In “One,” by Nancy Kress, a boxer down on his luck gains the ability to read minds and grapples round-after-round with the consequences. In the Great Shipstory “Precious Mental,” by Robert Reed, an immortal captain who has been living incognito for hundreds of years is kidnaped to help salvage an ancient derelict spaceship. Finally, in the Poirot-like mystery “Murder on the AldrinExpress,” by Martin L. Shoemaker, murder is suspected in the death of the leader of a Mars expedition when evidence of sabotage is uncovered.

An unabridged collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster. In “Zero for Conduct,” by Greg Egan, an Afghani teenager, living in a near-future Iran with her exiled grandfather, makes a game-changing superconductor discovery. A young girl struggles to survive on a planet, with a stringent class structure, where Doors are used to go off-world in “Exit, Interrupted,” by C. W. Johnson. “Pathways” by Nancy Kress, follows a teenage girl from a small Kentucky mountain town, in a near-future U. S., struggling with her family and culture as she seeks treatment for Fatal Familial Insomnia. In “Entangled,” by Ian R. MacLeod, an Indian woman, in a Britain turned upside down by a disease that links people’s minds, searches for answers to her personal catastrophe. In “The Irish Astronaut,” by Val Nolan, a colleague brings the ashes of an astronaut, who died in the Aquariusdisaster, to Ireland for final burial. In “Among Us,” by Robert Reed, a government agency goes to extraordinary lengths to identify and track the aliens among us. “A Map of Mercury,” by Alastair Reynolds, showcases the plight of a failed artist dispatched to retrieve an artistic genius from a collective of cyborgs parading across the face of Mercury. In “Martian Blood,” by Allen M. Steele, a researcher from Earth goes on an expedition into the untamed regions of Mars to extract blood from its natives. “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin,” by Michael Swanwick, set in the same milieu as Gene Wolfe’s “The Fifth Head of Cerberus,” follows the childhoods of two sisters on a planet far from Earth. Finally, in “The Best We Can,” by Carrie Vaughn, a frustrated scientist pursues first contact among an apathetic populace.

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (33 pagine) - L''era degli antibiotici sta per finire. Nessuno sa cosa accadrà quando batteri e infezioni non potranno più essere combattuti. Nancy Kress prova a immaginarlo. Sono lontani i tempi in cui un taglietto o un''infezione potevano portare alla morte. Da da molti decenni ormai siamo abituati a considerare queste cose un passato superato, cancellato dall''invenzione degli antibiotici. Eppure non è così. Una delle prove più evidenti e drammatiche della teoria dell''evoluzione è proprio nei batteri, che anno dopo anno, generazione dopo generazione, si stanno evolvendo verso l''immunità alle cure. Già oggi è sempre più difficile curare certe infezioni, e l''uso sconsiderato e l''abuso di antibiotici ha favorito e accelerato questo processo. Entro qualche anno, meno di quanti possiamo pensare, potremmo cominciare a perdere la guerra contro i batteri. E allora gli ospedali torneranno a essere lazzaretti, dove più che curare si cerca di contenere le epidemie. Nancy Kress cerca di immaginare un futuro che purtroppo ogni anno che passa appare meno fantascientifico. NANCY KRESS è nata nel 1948 a Buffalo (New York). Risiede a Seattle, nello stato di Washington, cercando di conciliare le sue molteplici attività: scrittrice di fantascienza, responsabile di corsi di letteratura e scrittura creativa. Ha cominciato a scrivere e pubblicare fantascienza e fantasy verso la metà degli anni ’70, e i suoi racconti, eleganti e incisivi, sono stati ospitati dalle riviste Omni, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine e Fantasy & Science Fiction. Nel 2008/2009 è stata professore ospite di letteratura all’Università di Lipsia in Germania. Nella sua carriera ha vinto quattro Premi Nebula e due Premi Hugo oltre a numerosi altri riconoscimenti che l’hanno consacrata come una delle voci più significative della narrativa di fantascienza contemporanea.

Fantascienza - racconto (21 pagine) - Una storia di ingegneria genetica e di umanità, che vi colpirà nel profondo come solo Nancy Kress sa fare. Mollie ha dieci anni. È una bambina normale, con genitori normali. È brava a scuola, si comporta bene, ha un''amica del cuore. Ma allora come mai di tanto in tanto vengono a casa sua strane persone a farle tutte quelle domande? Come vai nello studio, quante volte ti sei ammalata l''anno scorso, che risultati ottieni nelle gare sportive... Finché un giorno le domande cambiano e cominciano a diventare più insistenti, più cattive, piene di parole che Mollie non capisce, come "clone embrionale"... Una storia di ingegneria genetica e di umanità, che vi colpirà nel profondo come solo Nancy Kress sa fare. Nancy Kress è nata nel 1948 a Buffalo (New York). Risiede a Seattle, nello stato di Washington, cercando di conciliare le sue molteplici attività: scrittrice di fantascienza, responsabile di corsi di letteratura e scrittura creativa. Ha cominciato a scrivere e pubblicare fantascienza e fantasy verso la metà degli anni ’70, e i suoi racconti, eleganti e incisivi, sono stati ospitati dalle riviste Omni, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine e Fantasy & Science Fiction. Nel 2008/2009 è stata professore ospite di letteratura all’Università di Lipsia in Germania. Nella sua carriera ha vinto quattro Premi Nebula e due Premi Hugo oltre a numerosi altri riconoscimenti che l’hanno consacrata come una delle voci più significative della narrativa di fantascienza contemporanea.

Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her family intact after aliens land in New York. By the author of Beggars in Spain. 7,500 first printing.

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (50 pagine) - Su Mondo chi commette un delitto è condannato all’esclusione dalla Realtà. E Uli vuole tornarvi a ogni costo. Premio Nebula 1996 Uli non era reale. Nella comunità di Mondo, chi si rendeva colpevole di reati gravi veniva estromesso dalla Realtà Condivisa. La condanna poteva essere temporanea, come nel caso di Uli, colpevole di aver ucciso la propria sorella, e ora tenuta a lavorare per il governo fin quando non avessero deciso che le poteva essere riammessa alla Realtà. Ma poteva anche essere definitiva, come la condanna inflitta al Terrestre Carryl Walters. E Uli ha la possibilità di redimersi, se solo riuscirà a ottenere da quello strano individuo le informazioni che il governo vuole da lui. Ma come potrà riuscire a ottenere qualcosa da un alieno che non condivide neppure la sua stessa visione della realtà? I fiori della prigione di Aulit ha vinto il Premio Nebula 1996 per il miglior racconto lungo. NANCY KRESS è nata nel 1948 a Buffalo (New York). Risiede a Seattle, nello stato di Washington, cercando di conciliare le sue molteplici attività: scrittrice di fantascienza, responsabile di corsi di letteratura e scrittura creativa. Ha cominciato a scrivere e pubblicare fantascienza e fantasy verso la metà degli anni ’70, e i suoi racconti, eleganti e incisivi, sono stati ospitati dalle riviste Omni, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine e Fantasy & Science Fiction. Nel 2008/2009 è stata professore ospite di letteratura all’Università di Lipsia in Germania. Nella sua carriera ha vinto quattro Premi Nebula e due Premi Hugo oltre a numerosi altri riconoscimenti che l’hanno consacrata come una delle voci più significative della narrativa di fantascienza contemporanea.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month they bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. The August issue contains: Original Fiction by Greg Mellor ("Mar Pacifico"), James Patrick Kelly ("The Promise of Space") and Mark Bourne & Elizabeth Bourne ("One Flesh"). Classic stories by Charles Sheffield ("Out of Copyright") and Nancy Kress ("First Principle"). Non-fiction by Mark Cole ("Aliens, Robots, Spaceships and . . . Popsicles? SF on American Radio, Then and Now"), an interview with Ken Liu, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

A magazine of speculative fiction. Edited by Mike Resnick. Stories by: Nancy Kress, Nick T. Chan, Janis Ian, Marina J. Lostetter, Tom Gerencer, Robert Silverberg, Ed McKeown, Maureen McHugh, Jeff Calhoun, Edmond Hamilton. Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford & Book Reviews by Paul Cook. **** Please note that earlier issues are still available on GalaxysEdge.com BN.com, Amazon.com & other online stores.

2012 Nebula Award Winner 2012 Locus Award Winner 2013 Hugo Nominee 2013 Sturgeon Award Nominee In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell. No one knows why the Tesslies attacked in 2014, devastated the environment, and nearly destroyed humanity. Or why the aliens imprisoned twenty-six survivors in a sterile enclosure built on the barren remains of the Earth. Fifteen-year-old Pete, one of only six children born in the Shell, is determined to lead humanity to a new beginning. But Pete struggles to control his anger as, one by one, the survivors sicken and die. Although the Earth appears to be slowly healing, the Shell’s inhabitants may not live long enough to see it. The only chance for humanity lies within brief time portals. Peter and the survivors hatch a desperate plan: to increase their numbers by abducting children from the past. In the year 2013, a brilliant CIA consultant sees a pattern in seemingly unrelated kidnappings. As Julie Kahn’s predictive algorithms reveal that the world is in imminent danger, she discovers that she may also play a role in its possible rebirth. Julie and Pete are rapidly converging in time—a chance encounter between them may be the Earth’s only hope.

Under the countless billions of stars in the universe, what forms will alien life take? How will they live? And what will happen when we meet them? From first encounters to life alongside aliens--and stories of the aliens' own lives--here are many futures: violent and peaceful, star-spanning and personal.

Gorgeous, haunting, and a wonder to read San Francisco Book Review An appealing way to rediscover the classic tales Publishers Weekly A beautiful addition to the adventurous fairy tale fan s shelf Portland Book Review STEP INTO THE WORLD OF MYTH AND MAGIC Fair maidens, handsome princes, witches, and fairy godmothers all show their dark and dangerous side in this anthology inspired by myths and fairy tales, retold by some of the best authors in this generation and by some upcoming new talents. Told with a dark twist, focused on the lure of the gorgeous evil, this collection will take the readers on a wild ride through magical realms of Ancient Greece, old Russia, medieval Europe, and modern day America.

Reality TV meets a chillingly realistic version of America--and the fame game is on! Amy had dreams of going to college, until the Collapse destroyed the economy and her future. Now she is desperate for any job that will help support her terminally ill grandmother and rebellious younger sister. When she finds herself in the running for a slot on a new reality TV show, she signs on the dotted line, despite her misgivings. And she's right to have them. TLN's Who Knows People, Baby--You? has an irresistible premise: correctly predict what the teenage cast will do in a crisis and win millions. But the network has pulled strings to make it work, using everything from 24/7 hidden cameras to life-threatening technology to flat-out rigging. Worse, every time the ratings slip, TLN ups the ante. Soon Amy is fighting for her life--on and off camera.

Découvrez Brage, le label de formats courts des éditions Bragelonne ! Tout comme la beauté, l''Art - et en particulier, la valeur de l''Art - est hautement subjectif... Nancy Kress commença à publier ses nouvelles élégantes et incisives au milieu des années 1970, et n''a jamais cessé de fournir des textes à Asimov''s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, etc. Parmi ses livres, on trouve Beggars in Spain, l''adaptation en roman de sa nouvelle « L''Une rêve et l''autre pas », qui reçut les prix Hugo et Nebula en 1992 (et plus tard, un Grand Prix de l''Imaginaire en France), suivi par Beggars and Choosers (prix Campbell Memorial en 1994) et Beggars Ride. Ses autres romans incluent The Prince Of Morning Bells, The Golden Grove, The White Pipes, An Alien Light, Brain Rose, Oaths & Miracles, Stinger, Les Hommes dénaturés, Crossfire, Crucible, Nothing Human et Dogs, ainsi qu''une trilogie de space opera, « Probabilité » (Réalité partagée, Artefacts et Les Faucheurs, ce dernier lauréat du prix Campbell Memorial en 2003). Ses nouvelles sont rassemblées dans les recueils Trinity And Other Stories, The Aliens of Earth, Beaker''s Dozen et Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories. Son dernier livre est aussi un space opera, Steal Across the Sky. En plus des récompenses mentionnées ci-dessus, elle a reçu des prix Nebula pour « Les Visiteurs » en 1986, pour « Les Fleurs de la prison d''Aulite » en 1998 (qui eut aussi le prix Theodore Sturgeon) et pour « Fountain of Age » en 2008.

This collection of unabridged, unforgettable tales, written by some of science fiction’s most esteemed authors, pays homage to one of the genre’s most cherished story types. Whether time travel stories leap forward in time or slip into the past, they remain popular with fans. John Barnesspins a tale of intrigue as the principles of science are discovered centuries ahead of time while mankind is divided into classes (Com''n and Liejt) and the Irish people are slaves in “Things Undone.” Nancy KressAnne Boleyn and that of historians from a distant future to which pivotal historic figures are taken in order to prevent otherwise inevitable bloodshed in “And Wild for to Hold.” Ian R. MacLeodsends three time traveling historians from the future to rescue Captain Oatesfrom the doomed Scott party amidst the race to the South Pole in the early 20thcentury in “Home Time.” Tom Purdomsets historians from the future on a high seas adventure to document a 19thcentury British Admiralty anti-slavery patrol in “The Mists of Time.” Science fiction grand master, Robert Silverberg, slowly slides the fifty-seven year old owner of a Toyota dealership in the San Francisco Bay area backwards in time towards his birth in “Against the Current.” Allen M. Steeletells the story of how a U.S. Navy blimp crewmember happens upon time travelers while monitoring Soviet sea traffic around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in “The Observation Post.” Michael Swanwickfollows the director of a dinosaur research center holding a timeline-polluting fund raiser located in the late Cretaceous period in the Hugo award winning story, “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Genevieve Valentineobserves the detrimental effects of time travel on the timeline through the eyes of a seamstress whose wealthy patrons are obsessed with their time period costumes in “Bespoke.”

Two stories about artificial intelligence from one of the most respected names in hard science fiction. Multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Nancy Kress gives us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.

Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella Beggars in Spain (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her outstanding reputation of telling stories set in the near-future and dealing with genetics. *** This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" which won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short story.

Nine science fiction stories address themes of alien abduction, gene sculpting, and love.

Alors que deux jumelles viennent au monde, l''une d''entre elles bénéficie d''une modification génétique qui lui permet de ne plus dormir. Huit heures d''éveil de plus par jour, un rêve pour apprendre, vivre et découvrir le monde... Huit heures qui feront aussi d''elle, un être à part.

Get your stories off to a roaring start. Keep them tight and crisp throughout. Conclude them with a wallop. Is the story or novel you've been carrying around in your head the same one you see on the page? Or does the dialogue suddenly sound flat and predictable? Do the events seem to ramble? Translating a flash of inspiration into a compelling story requires careful crafting. The words you choose, how you describe characters, and the way you orchestrate conflict all make the difference—the difference between a story that is slow to begin, flounders midway, or trails off at the end—and one that holds the interest of readers and editors to the final page. By demonstrating effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of your story, Nancy Kress will help you... • hook the editor on the first three paragraphs • make—and keep—your story's "implicit promise" • build drama and credibility by controlling your prose Dozens of exercises help you strengthen your short story or novel. Plus, you'll sharpen skills and gain new insight into... • the price a writer pays for flashbacks • six ways characters should "reveal" themselves • techniques for writing—and rewriting Let this working resource be your guide to successful stories—from beginning to end.

Collects short stories from Lightspeed, the online science fiction magazine.